From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 1 14:12:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A917C16A4D5 for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 14:12:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl (wcborstel.demon.nl [82.161.134.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C674243D41 for ; Sun, 1 May 2005 14:12:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.wcborstel.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD62E42A8; Sun, 1 May 2005 16:15:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (www.wcborstel.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 47287-07; Sun, 1 May 2005 16:15:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.wcborstel.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F95D40A4; Sun, 1 May 2005 16:15:00 +0200 (CEST) From: "Jorn Argelo" To: Vittorio , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 16:15:00 +0200 Message-Id: <20050501141248.M72649@wcborstel.nl> In-Reply-To: <200505011519.24427.v.demartino2@virgilio.it> References: <200505011519.24427.v.demartino2@virgilio.it> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.50 20050106 X-OriginatingIP: 82.161.134.53 (jorn) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.wcborstel.nl Subject: Re: To compile or not to compile the system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 14:12:02 -0000 On Sun, 1 May 2005 15:19:24 +0000, Vittorio wrote > Using cvsup, after having issued "make update", it takes a long > time to recompile the OS sources and kernel by means of make buildworld > make kernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > and then.. > mergemaster -p > make installworld > etc... > > If I frequently update the OS and ports this procedure becomes time- > consuming indeed. Is there any way to know in advance if it is > necessary to comply with the described procedure or if it can be > skipped because there weren't changes between two close updating? Subscribe to freebsd-announce@freebsd.org. Then you know when you should cvsup again and recompile the kernel (when exploits or other security issues are discovered and corrected). And you don't have to recompile all your ports every week ;) Once in a few months is a good approach I think. Jorn > Ciao Vittorio _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To > unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"